Hike of the Week: DEP areas cool for explorers

10:54 PM,
May 8, 2013

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Written by

Ralph Ferrusi
For the Poughkeepsie Journal

Hike name: Four nearby New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) public areas revisited.

Location: Town of East Fishkill, Stormville area.

Length: Short walks around pristine lakes/ponds. Longer explorations, past the remnants of a vast 1940s-vintage former summer camp. For the really adventurous, a long bushwhack pretty much south from Route 52 to Leetown Road: It's absolutely stunning how much wilderness there is between the two access points, though pulling this off does require a fair amount of woodsmanship/navigational skills. ...